Suicides may be linked to Ashley Madison leak

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Classic case of if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen affair. These people broke their marital vows and flip when they are discovered. The people that suffer in a suicide are the ones left behind not the weak fool that did it.

[Darnell 8,478]

A little human compassion people. Making jokes about suicides is not cool.

It's good that adultery 'costs'.

Who says anyone's joking?

Exactly ! And no, I ain't cracking jokes in this topic.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A little human compassion people. Making jokes about suicides is not cool.

There's something wrong with people who get a kick out of this.

[MacUK 983]

There's something wrong with people who get a kick out of this.

Who says anyone's getting a kick out of it?

I just fail to feel sympathy for people who bring trouble on to themselves. Actions have consequences.

These aren't people who have met by chance and started an affair, that's still wrong but these things happen.

These are people who have actively gone out looking to cheat on their spouses and are paying the consequences.

No unnecessary deaths are good, but I have no sympathy for those who bring it on themselves.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Who says anyone's getting a kick out of it?

I just fail to feel sympathy for people who bring trouble on to themselves. Actions have consequences.

These aren't people who have met by chance and started an affair, that's still wrong but these things happen.

These are people who have actively gone out looking to cheat on their spouses and are paying the consequences.

No unnecessary deaths are good, but I have no sympathy for those who bring it on themselves.

I really don't think it's appropriate to level a moral judgement against anyone who commits suicide.

BTW the word you should be using here is empathy, not sympathy. They are different things.

Edited August 25, 2015 by Venkman

[MacUK 983]

I really don't think it's appropriate to level a moral judgement against anyone who commits suicide.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that

BTW the word you should be using here is empathy, not sympathy. They are different things.

Nope, none of that either

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sure. I just don't see the point in rendering arbitrary judgements against strangers whose lives and circumstances you don't know. But there you go.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Sure. I just don't see the point in rendering arbitrary judgements against strangers whose lives and circumstances you don't know. But there you go.

Also, despite the Kenyan Muslim usurper still being in office, we don't live under Sharia law and death is not the punishment for adultery.

I have nothing but scorn for cheaters. They bring it upon themselves. But it's crass, tacky and frankly inhuman to nod grimly and say, "yeah, that's an outcome I can live with" if a cheater takes his or her own life rather than face the consequences. Nobody wins, not even the spouse left behind.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Birthers - get over it.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Also, despite the Kenyan Muslim usurper still being in office, we don't live under Sharia law and death is not the punishment for adultery.

I have nothing but scorn for cheaters. They bring it upon themselves. But it's crass, tacky and frankly inhuman to nod grimly and say, "yeah, that's an outcome I can live with" if a cheater takes his or her own life rather than face the consequences. Nobody wins, not even the spouse left behind.

Cheating is usually a symptom of other things - people who aren't happy with their lives for whatever reason. My former spouse cheated, but that wasn't the cause of it not working out as much as the final nail in the coffin. She had a lot of issues, I don't hold a grudge against her for it and 6 years on everyone is in a better place.

Anyway, suicide. It's an awful mindset to be in to think that offing yourself is the way out. No problem is insurmountable and it's awful that people think that it is. That's why I don't understand people who project their own moral judgements onto others.

You can only understand other people by removing your own agenda from the equation. A lot of people here aren't willing to do that.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Cheating is usually a symptom of other things - people who aren't happy with their lives for whatever reason. My former spouse cheated, but that wasn't the cause of it not working out as much as the final nail in the coffin. She had a lot of issues, I don't hold a grudge against her for it and 6 years on everyone is in a better place.

Anyway, suicide. It's an awful mindset to be in to think that offing yourself is the way out. No problem is insurmountable and it's awful that people think that it is. That's why I don't understand people who project their own moral judgements onto others.

You can only understand other people by removing your own agenda from the equation. A lot of people here aren't willing to do that.

Because folks can't see past their own hatred. I personally think it's sad these folks thought ending their own life was the only answer.

Birthers - get over it.

They won't. It's the only thing that makes him in the WH bearable.

[decocker 7,198]

it's always sad when people kill themselves over temporary circumstances.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

it's always sad when people kill themselves over temporary circumstances.

It is.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Also, despite the Kenyan Muslim usurper still being in office, we don't live under Sharia law and death is not the punishment for adultery.

I have nothing but scorn for cheaters. They bring it upon themselves. But it's crass, tacky and frankly inhuman to nod grimly and say, "yeah, that's an outcome I can live with" if a cheater takes his or her own life rather than face the consequences. Nobody wins, not even the spouse left behind.

Cheater does not equal death.

I am saying no one forced him to cheat, nor forced him to kill himself. He should have thought about the consequences of his actions first before he acted. He could have also chose to face his family and wife instead of leaving them with a bunch of unanswered questions. His family will slowly get over his death and in time move on. However, if it wasn't for his death, she would have maybe stayed in an unstable marriage for a very long time.

I am a child of a cheating father. I know the damage this does to the family. If it wasn't for my father passing away, my mom would have continued to stay. She stayed through 25 years of cheating, other kids, physical and mental abuse.

Not celebrating the guy's death, just saying maybe the family can improve their life now.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Everyone's experience of cheating is different. It's natural to try to apply your experiences to other's situations but it doesn't help you understand them.